Oakland Athletics vs Cleveland Indians
August 21, 1970 Box Score

The box score below is an accurate record of events for the baseball contest played on August 21, 1970 at Cleveland Stadium. The Cleveland Indians defeated the Oakland Athletics and the box score is "ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye."

"The box score is the catechism of baseball, ready to surrender its truth to the knowing eye." - Author Stanley Cohen in The Man in the Crowd (1981)
Baseball Almanac Box Scores

Oakland Athletics 3, Cleveland Indians 6

Oakland Athletics ab   r   h rbi
Campaneris ss 5 0 1 0
Monday cf 3 1 1 0
Alou rf,lf 5 0 2 0
Davis lf,1b 5 0 1 1
Bando 3b 3 1 2 0
Mincher 1b 4 0 2 0
  Lewis pr 0 0 0 0
  Jackson rf 0 0 0 0
Tenace c 4 0 1 1
Green 2b 3 0 0 0
  Donaldson ph 0 0 0 0
  Fernandez ph 1 0 0 0
  Grant p 0 0 0 0
  Lindblad p 0 0 0 0
  Locker p 0 0 0 0
Hunter p 3 1 2 1
  La Russa ph,2b 1 0 0 0
Totals 37 3 12 3
Cleveland Indians ab   r   h rbi
Uhlaender cf,lf 4 2 2 1
Foster lf 4 1 1 1
  Bradford cf 0 0 0 0
Pinson rf 4 1 1 1
Fosse c 3 1 1 0
Sims 1b 3 1 1 3
  Hinton ph,1b 1 0 1 0
Nettles 3b 4 0 0 0
Leon 2b 3 0 1 0
  Horton ph 1 0 0 0
  Fuller 2b 0 0 0 0
Heidemann ss 3 0 1 0
McDowell p 2 0 0 0
  Chance p 1 0 0 0
  Austin p 0 0 0 0
Totals 33 6 9 6
Oakland 002 000 0103120
Cleveland 300 001 02x690
  Oakland Athletics IP H R ER BB SO
Hunter  L (15-11) 7.0 5 4 4 1 7
  Grant   0.1 3 2 2 0 0
  Lindblad   0.1 1 0 0 0 0
  Locker   0.1 0 0 0 0 1
Totals
8.0
9
6
6
1
8
  Cleveland Indians IP H R ER BB SO
McDowell  W (18-8) 5.1 7 2 2 3 7
  Chance   2.0 4 1 1 0 1
  Austin  SV (2) 1.2 1 0 0 0 2
Totals
9.0
12
3
3
3
10

  E–None.  DP–Cleveland 1.  2B–Oakland Davis (5,off McDowell).  HR–Oakland Hunter (1,3rd inning off McDowell 0 on, 0 out), Cleveland Sims (15,1st inning off Hunter 2 on, 2 out); Foster (15,6th inning off Hunter 0 on, 1 out); Uhlaender (8,8th inning off Grant 0 on, 0 out); Pinson (14,8th inning off Grant 0 on, 1 out).  IBB–Bando (4,by McDowell).  CS–Monday (8,2nd base by McDowell/Fosse); Campaneris (7,3rd base by Chance/Fosse).  WP–Chance (7).  IBB–McDowell (5,Bando).  U-HP–Merlyn Anthony, 1B–Bob Stewart, 2B–Ron Luciano, 3B–Red Flaherty.  T–2:47.  A–20,827.
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